The debate comes at a particularly sensitive time, when the question of applying new sanctions against Russia is coming up against the objections of three European states, including Hungary. The proposal to generalise qualified majority voting is far from unanimous among European states.
The 200,000 subscriber drop is just the beginning according to the company, which expects to lose another 2 million subscribers in Q2.
Following these elections, the horizon of French political life appears very dark. The next deadline is in about a month and a half with the legislative elections. President Macron is almost certain to win a majority, if not an absolute majority. From then on, he will have no counter-power—for five long years.
The position of EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who believes that “more arms to Ukraine does not mean more war,” is also being defended by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Robert Golob is a former solar energy entrepreneur. Pre-election polls showed him neck and neck with conservative Janez Janša, but did not predict a victory with a gap of nearly 10%. Robert Golob’s party is a newcomer on the Slovenian political scene.
In Poland, the vaccine campaign has not been as successful as expected. As a result, the government has a stock of 25 million unused vaccines, while an additional 67-70 million doses have been ordered.
Emmanuel Macron wins the election, but his victory, despite the triumphalist declarations of some members of the government, is an ambiguous one.
“As long as our contemporaries have not been made to understand once again that without saints there are no heroes, we will be condemned to fall.”—Jacques de Guillebon
The youth are mobilising against both Macron and Le Pen. They want to show that democracy is not only played out in the ballot box but also in the street, and that they contest the result of the elections in advance.
André Ventura wants to make the fight against corruption one of the major axes of his policy.
Marine Le Pen was playing a very long game in the debate, and immense pressure must have weighed on her shoulders. Not only did she have to wash away the affront from 2017, but she also had to remain focused on the one and only goal worth mentioning: to win the second round on Sunday, April 24th.
Germany has a low overall abortion rate in relation to its population of 82.9 million. Yet the exact causes of the decline in the number of abortions are difficult to determine.